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Looks like a little baby Gordon is on the way folks. Jeff and Ingrid are expecting a little bundle of joy in early July. Congratulations to Jeff and Ingrid.

Also, I see that Ward Burton will be driving for Morgan-McClure in the #4. It will be nice to see Ward back on the NASCAR circuit.

I have seen the new paint schemes for the #9 and #19. I for one like to be alble to see where on the track my driver is. I really liked the black and red of the #19 last year. It made it easier to spot Elliott on the track compared to Kasey’s car. Now Elliott’s car will have the following paint scheme while Kasey will have the opposite scheme.

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Who knew I still had more to do this weekend….a couple of weeks ago I decided to change a few things in The Park. Well, I finished things today. The layout is pretty much the same, but I changed the colors along with the picture in the header and footer.

The picture is a close up of cars that are sitting in my NASCAR room. Notice which car is in the foreground??? Behind is Elliott Sadler’s #38 and then Mark Martin. I used Gimp to change the color photo to what you see in The Park. I think it is pretty cool. I am still trying to figure out how to make the title look differently, but I am tired. I still have a few little things to work out, but I am saving them for next weekend. I mean I do need to pace myself with all this activity.

I did watch a little football…WTF happened to Indianpolis???? I did watch the New Oilers (aka Houston Texans) vs the Old Oilers (aka Tennessee Titans) play today. It was a pretty good game–went into OT. Vince Young (former UT Longhorn) scored the winning touchdown for the Titans. I don’t care too much for UT (well because I would have to turn in my alum card to the TTU Alum Association), but Vince Young has some skills.

That’s all for now in The Park.

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Jimmie Johnson, your current 2006 NASCAR champ, broke his wrist after falling out of a golf cart during a charity golf tournament in Lecanto, Florida. According to the article I read on SI.com, he will not be able to drive for at least four weeks. Lucky for Jimmie it is his non-shifting hand. I guess if you are going to break something do it during the off season. In the words of Homer Simpson…DOH!

(photo credit: Toddy Warsaw/Getty Images)

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It’s week three without NASCAR.

I never realized how productive I could be without NASCAR. I woke up early this morning and began cleaning. I cleaned out the frigerator (needed to make room for some things), organzied cabinets and did a load of dishes. Side story–a glass fell onto the floor and broke into many pieces several weeks ago. I thought I got all the glass, but apparently there was a rebel shard of glass just waiting…waiting for the day to land in the middle of my foot. Damn…it hurt!!!

Next up on my road to productivity was making Oreo balls. I snagged the receipe from over at Education in Texas. The mixture is now chilling in the newly cleaned fridge. I will finish them up tomorrow. Can I just say…when making this yummy dessert, make sure you have a really BIG bowl. I mean when you try to mix 3 bags of Oreos and 4 boxes of cream cheese, it can get somewhat a little messy.

I then made my peppermint bark. I made this last year and it was a bit hit. Very yummy stuff. While waiting for the peppermint candy to harden, I headed to my next batch of candy…buckeyes. They sort of taste like Reese’s Cups, but only…well…better. You make peanut butter balls and dip them in chocolate leaving on the top showing. They look like buckeyes. But you can eat these and you won’t die. The real buckeye is poisonous.

And finally…I made sugar cookies using my gingerbread man cookie cutter. I thought they looked a little bare so I decided to decorate them with icing. I have never claimed to be the best cookie decorator, but they weren’t half bad.

I then took a look at my kitchen…ugh…I wanted to scream! Pots, pans, dishes, and utensils everywhere. So I dove in and cleaned the kitchen AGAIN.

I haven’t been that productive this week. I do know the game of musical crew chiefs is still in full force. Matt Borland will leave Penske and head on over to Michael Waltrip Racing to be crew chief for Dale Jarrett. And not to be outdone, Doug Richert will join Red Bull Racing as Brian Vicker’s new crew chief. Best wishes to Greg Biffle who sustained a dislocated shoulder during a testing session at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Kudos to Kyle Busch for helping out Biffle.

Well…what will happen next weekend? How much more productive will I be? Only time will tell…perhaps I will take on that bedroom closet that that needs organizing.

Trixie radioed…

Another weekend without NASCAR and yes I survived. The BCS bowl games have been decided. Ohio State will play Florida in the championship game. GO BUCKS! My Red Raiders will be heading to Tempe, AZ to play Minnesota in the Insight Bowl. The Cowboys pulled one from the crevices of their butts. And gutsy move (in my opinion) on Jeff Fisher to kick the field goal insted of punting in the final seconds against Indianpolis. Tennessee won. Guess Sunday wasn’t too kind to the Manning boys.

I didn’t go the WHOLE weekend without NASCAR. I did tune in to the banquet that was televised on TNT Friday night. Sometimes you have to get your fix from whereever you can. Overall I would just like to say, a baseball bat to my head would have been less painful. I really don’t like Jay Mohr. He was trying to force his jokes and I found several of them, well, just stupid and offensive. He did have a couple dingers, but as Postman says, a blind squirrel will find a nut every once in awhile. I switched channels and watched Nick at Night after Kevin Harvick’s speech.

For the most part speeches were the same old same old. I did think it was funny when Kyle called his girlfriend by his brother’s wife name. And how the other drivers made fun of it throughout the night. He will probably not live that down for awhile. Kasey looked scared to death. You could tell he was using the teleprompter and his cheeks were so red. I bet he was scared those crazy Kahne ladies were going to come up on stage or something. Note to Kasey…it’s ok and you better get used to it because you will be making a return trip to the stage.

I did TIVO the thing just in case I need to overcome a severe case of insomnia.

I am in the processing of checking out Sirius radio. How can I not be a subscriber? I mean my boy Tony has his own show.

That’s all from The Park.

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That’s right winter has hit the home front. I drug my warm butt out of bed to make the trek to work in the freakin’ freezin’ snowy weather. It was cold, windy, and did I mention COLD? Today’s high in Raiderland–31 degrees. That’s right people it NEVER got above the freezing mark. This means the snow that did melt will refreeze tonight and cause even more dangerous driving tomorrow morning. We have two kinds of drivers here those who drive safely and those who drive like they are racing at Daytona. Those people are the idiots who cause drivers like me to have wrecks. You start to slide to avoid their dumbass and the next thing you know, you are sitting in a ditch on the side of the road.

I love cold weather, but only when I don’t have to get out in it. Here are some photos I took from today’s snowy weather! These were taken on the Texas Tech University campus this morning.

Check the DUMBASS in this picture. Apparently the cold got to him last night…that’s right…he IS wearing shorts and a t-shirt and seems very happy about it.

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Because there is so much attention being made in NYC this week and I just don’t have the energy to add to the fray. So with that in mind, I would like to announce to all who visit The Park, the winners of the “Not So Champion” Awards. I will be celebrating their achievements in The Park.